Chapter 45 — World Modeling

3-D textured model of urban environments

In this video, a micro aerial vehicle developed by the Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz Univ. of Technology, flies to predefined points and captures images for building a 3-D textured model of an urban environment. The video contains a nice description of the different steps necessary to generate a precise model by fusing the areal images with public geographic data.
Michael Maurer
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Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz Univ. of Technology